Assessment of antibacterial activity of herbal finished surface modified polypropylene nonwoven fabric against bacterial pathogens of wound

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 672-681

  Nithyakalyani, Dhanapalan ^a   Ramachandran, Thangavelu ^b   Rajendran, Ramasamy ^c   Mahalakshmi, Muthusamy ^d  

^a Department of Textiles   (India)

^b KARPAGAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^d The BioSolutions Company   (India)

Author keywords

biomedical applications; functionalization of polymers; medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYMERS; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC COATINGS; TEXTILE FINISHING; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84876477878     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.38765     Document Type: Article

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